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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1919.

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WALTER 1V1. COLEMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GAME.

Application filed March 24, 1919. Serial N 0. 284,610.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER M. COLEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to games, and has particular reference to a cardgame whereby amusement may be provided for the players.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein, I

Figure 1, illustrates a series of cards representing a complete hand ofa player, and

Fig; 2, shows a series of cards, each representing a difi'erent battlefor which the players are contending.

In practising the invention, I have found by experience that a deck ofonehundred and ten cards gives satisfactory results but the number ofcards may be varied without departing from the spirit of the invention.

- The deck is made up, in this instance of ten battle cards, designatedby the numeral 7, in the drawing; ten cards 8, each bearing a likecharacter or symbol, such as the word Captain; twenty cards 9, eachbearing a like designating character or numeral, such for example as thenumeral 1; twenty cards 10, each bearing a like designating character ornumeral, such as 2; twenty cards 11, each bearing like designatingcharacters such for example as 3; ten cards 12, each bearing likedesignating characters such as 4; ten cards 13, each bearing similardesignating characters such as 5 and ten cards 14:, each bearing a likedesignating character, such for example as 6.

As hereinbefore stated, the number of cards employed may be varied, andthe number of like kinds of cards may also be varied and somewhatdilferent from the numbers above specified.

The battle cards 7, ofwhich there are ten in the present instance eachbear or are provided with matter, characters or devices differing onefrom the other. Preferably I provide each card with the name of somebattle that has been fought such for example as Argonne, Cambrai,Chateau Thierry, Lens, Marne, Rheims, St. Mihiel, St. Quentin, Verdunand Ypres. Each battle card contains one only of these battle names andno two battle cards contain the same battle name (311s of the ebjeets atthe game is far each of the contending players to capture the varlousbattle cards one at a time and each captured battle card may represent apredetermined number of points to the credit of the player who makes thecapture.

The game may termlnate when any one player is credited with apredetermined number of points, or when all the battle cards have beencaptured, in which latter case the player having the greatest numberoughly shufiied and then dealt to the several players.

In dealing the cards from the shuttled pack in which all the cardsnumbered from 1 to 6 inclusive and all the Captain Cards are located,the dealer will hand each player, say seven cards in the order in whichthey are removed from the pack,the first player getting seven cards; thenextplayer getting 7 seven and the remalning players each getting sevencards in their order and all the cards being delivered face down so theopposing players will not know what cards his opponent or opponentsholds or hold.

The object then is for a player to endeavor to get a complete hand whichcomprises one Captain card and one card each of the cards numbered 1 to6 inclusive.

After seven cards have been dealt to each player, the players willpreferably arrange his cards in numerical order.

The first player to the left of the dealer will then be the first toact.

Suppose this first player holds one each of cards 1, 3, and 4 but alsoholds two Captain cards and two cards numbered 6. He will then retainone Captain card and one of the cards numbered 6 but will discard theother Captain card and the other number 6 card. Upon making this discardof two cards the pla er returns the two cards to the dealer ans receivestwo other cards in plat-e 0t 2O having the greatest score value.

them, in an effort to draw a card numbered 2 and a card numbered 5, soas to, complete his hand. If he does not draw a 2 and 6 card but a 1 and4: card which he already" 5 had, his chance to complete his hand ispassed for the moment and the secondplayer' discards one each of hisduplicate cards and receives from the dealer the same number of cards hediscarded, in an efl'ort to complete his hand. If by chance the secondplayer upon receiving the new cards for' those he discarded, finds heholds a complete set, including one Captain and one each of cards 1 to 6inclusive,he will exclaimOver the top and will proceed to layhiscomplete to discard.

The-game continues in like manner until all the battlecards are won,and'the player having the greatest number ofbattle, cards, or battlecardswhose total is greatest in score points, is 'deemed to have wonthegame.

Having described myinvention, I claim 1. A deck or pack of cards ofwhich a plurality of the cards have each a predetermined score value,and thebalance of thecar'dS of 4 9 the pack bear markings which enablethem to be arranged in sets there being a suflicicnt number of saidbalance of cards toform as many sets as there are cards having scorevalues.

2. A pack of cards of which a plurality of ,the cards each have apredetermined score value, and are to b won one at a time by cards thatare to be played, the balance of the cards of the pack bearing markingswhich enable them to beaccumulated into sets there being in said balanceof cards, cards having like markings andthere also being a suflicientnumber of cards in. sa'idbaL ance of cards to form at least as many setsas there are cards having score'values.

8. A pack of cards comprising a series of battle cardsrepresentingbattles to be won, and other. cards that are to be played saidlattercards including at least as many Gaptain cards as there are battlecards, and also including other cardsbearing markings which willenab'l'ethem to be accumulated into sets, one set of said last named cards withone Captain card being equal in value to one'battlecard.

4. A pack of cards comprising a series of battle cardsrepresentingbattles to be won, and other cards {that are to be playedsaid latter cards including at least as many (Japtain cards as there.are b'attle cards, and also including other cards bearinglhumeralsgit'rom one to six there being aplurality of the latter cards eachbearing; the same'nu-meral so that the cardsmay be accumulated with oneCaptain card and one'ea'ch of other cards numbered one to siX, wherebyto form a set,

there being a sufficient number of cards to "form asmany sets asthereare'battle cards. In tes'stiinony whereof I aiIiX my signature.

' WALTER M. COLEMAN,

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